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Initiatives in Southern Education By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 15-18 After almost a decade of reform, education in America remains a significant state and national issue. The United States Department of Education now releases a yearly report
Poverty Rate Climbs Despite Recovery By Cindy Noe Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, p. 18 Although the nation is in its fifth year of economic recovery, some eight million more Americans were poor in 1987–a total of 32.5 million–than in
Radio Series Showcases Mississippi Blues By Adam Nossiter Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, p. 20 This is how Lee Andrew “Cotton” Howell, 72-year-old ex-sharecropper and small-time bluesman from Holly Springs, Miss., describes the birth of a blues song, in a
Southern Documentary to Air Nationally By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 21-22 “A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle”–the first film to trace twentieth century African-American history through the musical traditions of one family–will be shown nationally on
A Movie with Eyes on the Wrong Prize: “Mississippi Burning” By Julian Bond Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 22-23 The new movie “Mississippi Burning” is the worst example of the genre called docudrama: there is no documentation and very
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The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 24, 23 I do not expect George Bush to pursue the “kinder, gentler nation” announced in his campaign rhetoric. The mysterious “thousand points of light” about